The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-09
ADMITTED TO THE LEAGUE.
Indianapolis Triumphsin the Contest
with st. Louis and Kansas City.
Players, Including GlaSscock and Denny,
Sold to This City for $4,000.

After six weeks of agitation, Indianapolis has
been made the eighth member Of the National
Baseball League, and the city has secured an
exceptionally strong team. The victory is the
result of a plucky fight against both st. Louis
and Kansas City. When the delegates OF the
League met in secret session. at 10 o'clock yes
terday, in the Fifth-avenue Hotel. New York,
it was announced that indianapolis was to be
admitted and Kansas City thrown out New
York failed to get Perry, and Chicago failed to
get Glasscock. The third prize, Myers, went to
Washington. OBrien, of the Maroons also
went to the Washington club, while Radford OF
the Kansas City club. was sold to Minneapolis.
The fight was the most spirited ever known IN
base ball circles, and. In securing nearly all the
crack players. Indianapolis won great
victory The League offered Kansas City
Sc. 900 for its franchise and players, and
peaceable withdrawal from the League The
delegates present telegraph home asking that the
offer be accepted. The League last evening paid
St. Louis SO 900 for it's franchise, and 1ndanap-
oils was formally admitted before the meeting
adjourned The Associated Press says 1.-The
players over whom there has been so much dis
cusson, all go to Indianapolis, and they cannot
be sold to any other club for one year The
League offered Kansas City 50. 900 for McQueery.
Bassett. Donnelly, Whitney. Myers and Radford.
but they refused. The indianapolis club will
get these players: Myers, Hackett and Graves,
catchers; Healy, Kirby, Boyle and Wiedman,
pitchers; Shomberg, first base; Bassett, second
base; Denny, third base; Glasscock, short-stop:
Cahill right field Seery center field; McGeachy.
left field. The Washington club will GET Whit
ney, pitcher. Al Myers was given to Washing
ton because that club threatened to Withdraw
from the League unless it was furnished with at
least one good player. The loss will not be felt
by Indianapolis, however.
Indianapolis got in by paying $4,000 for the
franchise, which includes nineteen players, and,
according to the kilograms received here from
Mr. Newberger, the club has the privilege OF
disposing of the players not needed. Mr.. New
berger telegraphs that the Players who have
been retained are Glasscock, Denny. Boyle
Healey. Myers Hackette, Graves Mappis. Bias.
sett, Seary, McGeechy. Shomberg, Quinn and
AXE The few other crack PLAYERS secured have
| been disposed of advantageously, which will ma
terially lessen the real amount required to get
| into the League. The League also guarantees
to pay back the $13 600 at the end of the season
if Indianapolis should conclude to withdraw.
| The club is required to have a capital stock OF
$25 900, and must sell two hundred season tickets
! before a game IS played.
| Among home baseball men the bargain ia con-
| sdered good one. and there are mono who do
not predict that Indianapolis, with the strong
club she has secured viii find tha investment q
| paying one. The club will be able to win games
| from the best of the League teams and cannot
fail to advertise the city extensively and help il
| in a business way.
The delegates are expected to arrive home this
evening and the full details Of the transfer will
| then 6e made known. The club will be organ
lied at once. and will begin to prepare for the
opening of the season. 1t is generally Under
| stood that George w. Burnham will manage the
| club. The games. of course, will be played on
| the old Seventh-street grounds. which are al
ready in excellent condition. It has seating
capacity of 2 900. and 1t is probable that seats te
| accommodate 200 more will be put in before
| the season begins.
The committee on schedule. at late hour las,
| night, finished its work, and will present re-
port to the League to-day The schedule ar
ranges for 126 games for each of the eight clubs
| giving sixty three games on the home ground
| of each club and each club will play eighteen
games against every other club The playins
| will commence the last week in April and will
| finish the middle Of October. On Decoration
Day there will be games in Washington, New
| York. Philadelphia and Boston. and on the 4tf
of July in Detroit, Plttsburg, Chicago and Indi
annapolis.